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Internet Explorer 0day

Internet Explorer CSS 0day on Windows 7

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A recent video submission by Abysssec demonstrates the Internet Explorer CSS 0day currently rampaging  – reliably working on Windows 7 and Vista. The exploit bypasses DEP and ASLR without the use of any 3rd party extensions. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of discussion going around this exploit, however…
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The Art of Human Hacking

The Art of Human Hacking

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It’s hard to believe that the social-engineer.org project began 14 months ago. This project started from a simple idea ­ to build the world’s first framework for social engineers. In these 14 months, this project has grown into the leading resource for all real social engineering education. The CTF that…
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Godaddy Workspace XSS

Godaddy Workspace XSS – Who’s your Daddy ?

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An interesting submission in from the Exploit Database - a Godaddy workspace XSS vulnerability. Although we did not post it (live site), the vulnerability seems real, and definitely worth mentioning. In essence, this vulnerability allows an attacker to send malicious JavaScript to a non suspecting victim - allowing stealing of…
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Offsec Exploit Weekend

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Aloha Offsec students! You've been slapped around by Bob, abused by Nicky and crushed by NNM. Just as you thought it was over, Offensive Security now comes up with a brand new type of pain. This one is for all your hardcore exploit developers out there, who want a real…
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Penetration Testing with BackTrack – Live Training

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Penetration Testing with BackTrack - There has been a lot of focus on high quality training for security professionals lately in the news. Even the US Government has issued statements about the need for security training to be different in the market today. Much of their research has led them…
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Security Awareness Training – A New Era

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Each year companies lose millions in security breaches. High quality Information Security Awareness is probably one of the most important remedies for these attacks. For a long time we have held to the thought that the human element is the weakest link in the chain, and the Social Engineering Contest…
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BlackHat, BackTrack and EDB Updates

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The Offsec crew is back from BlackHat and Defcon, alive and well. The PWB and AWE trainings were a blast and the crowd was awesome. The BackTrack R1 BlackHat edition release went well, with over 5500 DVDs distributed. We thank everyone who came to our booth - it was nice…
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OSX ROP Exploit Article, EDB updates

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A great start for our EDB DEV group. Last week we dug into some published HP vulnerabilities, and came out with 3 exploits which were published this week. Our highlight this week is an awesome writeup about a OSX ROP Exploit case study by didn0t. Check it out!
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BackTrack 5 and Exploit-DB Updates

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Exciting times here at Offensive Security. Two of our most major projects are off to new and amazing directions - BackTrack and the Exploit Database. The BackTrack development team is now officially funded by Offensive Security, bringing a new era of a high quality penetration testing distribution. In addition, the…
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How to choose your Information Security Training

How to choose your Information Security Training

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In the past couple of years, the economy has struck hard on organizations seeking to educate their employees. Training budgets have been cut down, and choosing the right course that will give you real Return on Investment is not an easy job. This is especially true in the offensive Information…
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PWB V.3.0 Available March 21st, 2010

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The Offensive Security team is excited to announce the release date of v3.0 of the Pentesting With BackTrack Course.  On March 21, 2010 the course will be made live. The team has worked overtime to ensure the videos and labs are better than ever. With new modules, more in depth…
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